Aerobic exercises for children

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Children are like innocent and pure white pages, so all cognitive behaviors need to be oriented early. Exercise habits are necessary for children to form a sense of physical exercise from an early age. So what aerobic exercises are for kids?

1. Popular children's aerobic exercises

Aerobic, also known as aerobics, has the effect of improving cardiovascular and respiratory health for practitioners. In many different ways, you can completely choose the exercise and feel it yourself. Children also need to choose exercises that they enjoy and are suitable for their bodies. Here are some popular aerobic exercises for kids:
Running: Jogging is an easy exercise to do but makes it difficult for people to practice. Not all children have good endurance to run long or ensure a running speed throughout the process. For young children, running exercises will train breathing to increase lung capacity and improve leg strength. Swimming: Children have been swimming since they were babies in the womb. However, this memory will not exist, making it difficult for grown-ups to perform exercises. Some advanced waters, based on the feature of swimming in the womb, recommend that babies from 6 months old be released into the water with a neck float. This is a method of training reflexes to help children develop comprehensively and improve their overall health. Playing sports: Sports such as football, basketball, table tennis... are recommended for young children to practice early. Sports will give children a good immune system thanks to exercises, and at the same time improve their memory and help them learn effectively. In addition, team sports will develop your child's better teamwork skills. Cycling: Cycling is a very practical exercise that helps your baby keep balance and knows how to ride a bike. Children can combine movement and exercise in many forms. Dancing: This is a subject that requires flexibility and dexterity. Children will be trained to have a flexible body without excess fat from an early age. At the same time, the baby is trained in music perception skills and quick reflexes in the process of dancing. Thanks to that, the children are not irritable and always stay calm in all matters. Martial arts: It sounds violent, but most of us get it wrong. Martial arts is a humorous combination of intellectual and aesthetic martial arts to practice, not to generate fights. Exposing your child to martial arts, he will learn to be polite to people as much as he or she... Especially in karate-kid, he'll be taught etiquette and a good life philosophy for the future. Practicing martial arts will have a toned body and improve endurance health. Jumping rope: Jumping rope is said to be a powerful and quite complex exercise. Children can play singles, pairs or groups with this exercise. Practicing jumping rope will give your baby a pair of legs with good bounce and elasticity, while also training to improve memory quite well. Skateboards: Skateboards are an accident prone exercise but still recommended for kids. Children need to learn balance skills to avoid accidents. Techniques with standard speed will create positive information reflections to the brain to help children have logical thinking and increase concentration. Walking: It must be difficult for many children to walk because families keep their children at home and take them to school to take them out. If letting children walk alone is quite dangerous, but parents are too busy with work. Therefore, you should combine reasonable forms of movement so that your baby has the opportunity to walk long distances. Going for a long walk will help your baby increase stamina and support the lungs to breathe better. Aerobics: Rhythmic exercises are suitable for all ages. When babies are approached early, their senses will be well developed.

2. Benefits of children's aerobic exercise

Rhythmic gymnastics plays an extremely important role for children in the early stages of adulthood. Exercises will improve heart health. lungs and blood vessels. Moreover, sports do not cause the baby to accumulate excess fat and gain weight too quickly. Children who receive aerobic exercise from an early age will receive the following benefits:
Improved heart and lung health; Limit the maximum accumulation of fat in the body; Bones and muscles are trained to grow strong; Reduce the risk of dangerous mental illness; Limit the penetration of incurable diseases in adulthood.

3. Choose aerobic exercises for children that are age-appropriate

At each age your baby's health will respond to a number of different exercises. Therefore, parents need to pay attention to choosing appropriate exercises according to the age and physical strength of their children.
Aerobic exercise for children from 6 to 9 years old: Running, hiking, jumping rope, karate kid, cycling, roller skating, skateboarding, ball sports, swimming; Children from 10 to 12 years old should practice: Rowing, cheerleading, running, sports, walking, skateboarding, jumping rope, martial arts, cycling, walking; Adolescents practice more exercises such as dancing, skiing, etc. Children's aerobic exercise offers many long-term practical benefits throughout a child's development. Therefore, parents should give their children early access so as not to miss the best things.

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References: stanfordchildrens.org, parenting.firstcry.com